Zakah on a debt owed by a bankrupt person
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Question:
He says: I have ten thousand riyals owed to me by a colleague of mine. He is poor and in debt, and this has been the case for five years. Who is responsible for paying zakah on this money?
Answer:
You do not have to pay zakah on it as long as the debt is owed by a bankrupt or poor person, and you do not know whether you will recover it or not. There is no zakah on it until you receive it. Once you receive it, you pay zakah on it for one year. Yes.
He says: I have ten thousand riyals owed to me by a colleague of mine. He is poor and in debt, and this has been the case for five years. Who is responsible for paying zakah on this money?
Answer:
You do not have to pay zakah on it as long as the debt is owed by a bankrupt or poor person, and you do not know whether you will recover it or not. There is no zakah on it until you receive it. Once you receive it, you pay zakah on it for one year. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/132 — archive.org (15:13)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.